SEITAN 

  

With a great protein and nutritional value and also known as "vegetable meat", seitan is the gluten of wheat itself (for which celiacs cannot consume it), separated from the starch and cooked in vegetable broth, giving rise to a healthy and delicious food, highly recommended to reduce meat consumption thanks to its similar taste and texture. 

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Its high content of proteins, calcium and minerals, makes seitan the perfect food to replace meat, whose fat level is much higher, in any type of diet. 

 

The numerous properties of seitan make it one of the most demanded foods in recent times and, if you still do not know the benefits that the consumption of this food can bring you, today we list the five main ones so that you can start introducing this beneficial food in your diet: 

 

1- It is an easy food to digest, so it is essential for people with stomach and digestive problems. 

2- It does not contain saturated fat and helps lower blood cholesterol levels, thus helping to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. 

3- It is an excellent food for athletes since thanks to its high protein content it helps to develop muscles correctly. 

4- It does not contain sodium, so seitan is a beneficial food for people who suffer from hypertension problems. 

5- Its high level of protein and calcium makes seitan the perfect substitute for products such as meat, whose level of fat is much higher.